The people you work with are the best, made friends for life. They're flexible with the days you work. During summer it's busy so days go fast.

Cons

Long days - would start at 8.30 and get a 30 min break around 10.30/11 then work right through until 5-7 depending how busy the park was. On hot summer days temperature in kiosk would be 30 degrees and you have to wear cargo pants, boots and no time to even grab a drink of water.

The setting is unrivalled. Working outdoors surrounded by animals speaks for itself.
Work is flexible, with a mix of 4-hour and 10-hour shifts available depending on role and zone. If you are required to stay for more than 30 minutes outside of your shift then you get paid for it.
Fellow staff are pleasant and supportive, with an interesting mix of permanent and seasonal members in vastly different roles from...

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Cons

The actual work was incredibly repetitive, easy and simplistic. I took the job as a stop-gap between higher-education and starting a graduate scheme at a big-four firm, so the mental numbing of the day-to-day responsibilities were far removed from challenging past internships - leaving my mind numb for most of the day.
You're always expected to be in on weekends, but this is made clear in the job description.
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Advice to Management

Seasonal staff are assigned randomly to roles completely independent of their preferences, with no scope to direct your role in the future. Cleaners want to work on the tills, tills want to work on the Jetty, Jetty want to be cleaners... but nothing changes.
The ability to apply for different roles internally would make a huge difference.